Santa Rosa, Sonoma County: [printed by the Rosensteel Printing Company, Stockton, California], 1932. First Edition. Stiff boards. First printing, octavo size, 196 pp. This the first printing of the cook book put out by the Santa Rosa chapter of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, which was later reprinted..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922. Gill, Eric; Jones, David. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 400 copies (unnumbered), duodecimo size, 115 pp., in a custom clamshell case. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961-1970. Coryn, Sidonie. First Edition. Hardcover. Both volumes first printings, quarto size, 734 pp. and 643 pp. respectively, both volumes inscribed by Julia Child, Volume Two with dust jacket. Julia Child (1912-2004) is best known for this work, written with Simone Beck (1904-1991) and Louisette..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 425 copies, unnumbered, octavo size, 175 pp., inscribed by Andrew Hoyem, with prospectus. The second book of the Arion Press, a self-proclaimed "commonplace book by commonplace people", full of familiar lines relating to the most essential of pastimes -..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, Ld. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 187 pp. In the preface dated November, 1893, the author (of whom we could find no information online) almost apologies for her work: "...it may seem presumptuous on my part to add [yet another cookbook] to their number." However..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., n. d. Hardcover. Octavo size, 231 pp. This cookbook of Chinese dishes, in addition to its recipes, contains anecdotes and humorous writings on the formation of the book and interesting tidbits about Chinese culture from the knowledge of the author; Townley Searle..... More
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1932. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 116 pp. This collection of recipes offers a myriad of Chinese dishes, from tea and appetizers to main courses to desserts; the recipes are from The Nellie Wong Tea Shop, "the only place in Peking". The recipes are collected..... More